Invading Russian forces to teach children in temporarily Russian-occupied Luhansk that they are 'Little Russians', Ukrainian language is 'invented'

This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on Telegram.

The proposed 'plan' is a traditional collection of pseudo-historical facts that almost verbatim repeats the propaganda speeches of Russian television ideologues: Ukraine was created by Lenin, the Ukrainian language does not exist, all Ukrainian heroes are criminals, and Ukraine must be destroyed.

Most of the quotes from the mentioned document contradict not only historical facts, but also common sense.

"The West, which feels like the world's geopolitical periphery, seeks to undermine the unity and stability of the "Heartland" - Russia, more than 80% of its citizens belong to one triune people - Russians (Great Russians), Ukrainians (Little Russians) and Belarusians - are Eastern Slavs, heirs of Ancient Russia, baptized in Chersonese by Prince Volodymyr".

In fact, the baptism of Rus took place in Kyiv. Volodymyr himself was baptized in Chersonese.

"The centers of early Russian statehood emerged: the northern one - in Old Ladoga and the future Novgorod, and later the southern one - in the future Kyiv".

However, both Russian cities are younger than Kyiv.

"Hrushevsky began to construct a Ukrainian historical myth revolving around Halychyna, and to publish a Ukrainian-language newspaper for each issue of which he invented several new 'Ukrainian' words".

"The Bolsheviks decided to create their own Ukraine, but in a communist way. This is how the 'Ukraine named after Volodymyr Ilyich Lenin' came into being... The Ukrainian language was imposed on people by force".

It is not true. The Soviet government continued the policy of the Russian Empire and purposefully narrowed the use of the Ukrainian language.